Lindsay Lee-Waters

Lindsay Lee-Waters
Lindsay Lee-Waters 2009
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	28th June 1977 (age 43)
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	61 kg
1st professional season:	1994
Resignation:	2017
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Heath Waters (husband)
Prize money:	$ 859,911
singles
Career record:	485: 402
Career title:	0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	33 (April 1 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	303: 229
Career title:	0 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking:	85 (February 25, 2013)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Lindsay Lee-Waters (* 28. June 1977 as Lindsay Lee in Oklahoma City ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

Lee made his first appearance at the ITF Women's Circuit in 1994 and made two finals in $ 10,000 tournaments. She won her first title in Woodlands in January 1995, and won the Miami $ 25,000 tournament in late February . The first WTA final she reached in May of the same year in Bournemouth , which she lost to the Canadian Patricia Hy-Boulais . In Wimbledon she reached the second round after qualifying, she lost in three sets against Natallja Swerawa . After reaching the round of 16 in San Diego , Lee was in the top 100 for the first time in the summer. At the end of the year, she was able to reach the quarter-finals and the semi-finals in Leipzig and Québec .

In 1996 she lost the final of a $ 50,000 tournament to Anna Kurnikowa . In Indian Wells she reached the quarter-finals and then with position 33 in the WTA world rankings, her best placement so far. Due to injuries, she slipped out of the top 100 at the end of the year; she only returned there in May 2004. Lee married her trainer Heath Waters that same year and has had a double name since then. In early 2001 she gave birth to her first child.

At the Australian Open in 2005, she enjoyed her second round game against Maria Sharapova , which she lost in three sets, great popularity with the audience. While Sharapova was partially booed after wrong decisions in her favor, there were standing ovations for Lee-Waters after the match.

In 2006 Lee-Waters gave birth to her second child and fell back to 943 in the world rankings. In 2009 she was back in the top 200 after winning the $ 50,000 Charlottesville tournament (her first tournament win since 2005) and the Raleigh final (also a $ 50,000 tournament).

In 2010 she was unable to win a match on the WTA Tour or ITF tournaments until the end of April. It wasn't until Charlottesville , where she started as the defending champion, that she won her first match of the season. She achieved the greatest success in May with the finals at the $ 50,000 tournament in Raleigh and in September at the $ 75,000 tournament in Albuquerque . In doubles, she won the title there with Megan Moulton-Levy .

In 2011 Lee-Waters only played a few tournaments in singles, so that she lost many points in the individual world rankings. The greatest success she achieved with a victory over Arantxa Rus in the Wimbledon qualification. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals in Bogota and Quebec .

At the beginning of 2012, she was only on place 404 in the singles. She concentrated on the doubles competitions and together with Megan Moulton-Levy she won the ITF tournament in Osprey at the end of March . On the way to the title they defeated the top seeded pairing Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová . As in 2011, Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy survived qualification at Wimbledon ; they then lost in round one to Carla Suárez Navarro and Lourdes Domínguez Lino in three sets. In Carlsbad they were eliminated in the quarterfinals against the 3 seeded duo Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones . In Washington they also failed in the quarterfinals, in Montreal in round one.

At the tournament in New Haven , Lee-Waters / Moulton-Levy made it to the semi-finals. It was their first semifinal on the WTA Tour since Québec in 2011. At the US Open , the duo failed in round one to Serena and Venus Williams .

In Memphis , they played through to the semi-finals in 2013. On February 26, 2013 Lee-Waters achieved her best double ranking to date with 85th place.

From May 2013 to June 2014, she did not play a match on the women's tour. Since March 2015 she has only competed in singles and only in ITF tournaments; in February 2016 she was able to assert herself again in a qualification for the first time. In October 2017 she played her last qualifying round so far.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 29, 1995	Woodlands	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Jody Yin	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	March 5, 1995	Miami	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Tara Snyder	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	April 19, 1998	Burbank	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Jolene Watanabe	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	January 16, 2000	Boca Raton	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Olga Blahotová	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
5.	September 22, 2002	Columbus	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Ashley Harkleroad	1: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 9
6th	October 13, 2002	Hallandale Beach	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Gisela Dulko	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 1
7th	October 12, 2003	Lafayette	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Natalie Grandin	6: 2, 6: 0
8th.	December 7, 2003	Palm Beach Gardens	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Marta Marrero	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	February 9, 2004	Rockford	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Gisela Dulko	6: 4, 7: 5
10.	July 3, 2005	Los Gatos	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Carly Gullickson	6: 4, 6: 0
11.	May 3, 2009	Charlottesville	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Ekaterina Bychkova	6: 3, 7: 5

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	July 6, 1997	Flushing	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Janet Lee	Li Fang Keri Phebus	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3
2.	March 8, 1998	Rockford	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Surina De Beer	Nino Louarsabishvili Seda Noorlander	6: 2, 6: 4
3.	October 18, 1998	Indian Wells	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Pavlina Nola	Erika de Lone Kristen Schlukebir	6: 0, 6: 7, 6: 1
4th	November 1, 1998	Austin	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Maureen Drake	Esme de Villiers Liezel Huber	6: 1, 6: 1
5.	December 6, 1998	Guadalajara	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Meghann Shaughnessy	Miriam D'Agostini Katalin Marosi	6: 1, 6: 3
6th	May 23, 1999	Jackson	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Julie Steven	Renata Kolbovic Tracy Almeda-Singian	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
7th	June 20, 1999	Mount Pleasant	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Wendy Fix	Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre	6: 3, 7: 6
8th.	June 27, 1999	Easton	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Kim Grant	Holly Parkinson Julie Thu	6: 4, 7: 6
9.	January 23, 2000	Boca Raton	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Sandra Cacicl	Li Ting Li Na	6: 4, 7: 5
10.	October 12, 2003	Lafayette	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Maureen Drake	Jessica Fernandez Kara Molony-Hussey	6: 2, 6: 3
11.	May 8, 2005	Raleigh	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Ashley Harkleroad	Maria Fernanda Alves Stéphanie Dubois	6: 2, 0: 6, 6: 3
12.	May 15, 2005	Charlottesville	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Ashley Harkleroad	Samantha Reeves Christina Wheeler	6: 4, 7: 5
13.	July 29, 2007	Lexington	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Melinda Czink	Casey Dellacqua Natalie Grandin	6: 2, 7: 6 7
14th	October 12, 2008	Pittsburgh	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court (hall)	Melinda Czink	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 2, 7: 5
15th	April 19, 2009	Osprey	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Story Tweedie-Yates	Heidi El Tabakh Melanie Klaffner	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , [12:10]
16.	July 12, 2009	Grapevine	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Riza Zalameda	Kimberly Couts Valérie Tétreault	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
17th	May 30, 2010	Carson	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Megan Moulton-Levy	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	6: 1, 6: 2
18th	July 11, 2010	Grapevine	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Megan Moulton-Levy	Kimberly Couts Tetiana Luzhanska	6: 2, 7: 5
19th	September 26, 2010	Albuquerque	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Megan Moulton-Levy	Abigail Spears Mashona Washington	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
20th	October 3, 2010	Las Vegas	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Megan Moulton-Levy	Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez	1: 6, 7: 5, [10: 4]
21st	March 31, 2012	Osprey	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Megan Moulton-Levy	Alexandra Panova Lesja Zurenko	2: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]

Web links

Commons : Lindsay Lee-Waters  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Lindsay Lee-Waters (English)
• ITF profile Lindsay Lee-Waters (English)